Alfonso Arau
Known for: Acting
Born: January 11, 1932
Place of birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
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Filmography
49 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
5.4
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
8.2
Coco
2017
3.4
I Heart Shakey
2012
3.3
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
2010
5.1
The Dead One
2007
7.6
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
5.5
Zapata: The dream of a hero
2004
7.1
A Painted House
2003
5.9
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
4.3
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
4.9
Committed
2000
7.4
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
6.3
Polvora En La Piel
1992
7.3
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
6.7
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
4.6
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
8.3
The Marked Hour
1988
9.0
Stones for Ibarra
1988
6.4
Walker
1987
6.3
¡Three Amigos!
1986
5.3
Round
1986
5.8
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
1986
6.8
227
1985
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
6.8
Romancing the Stone
1984
4.8
Mojado Power
1983
5.0
The Day Pedro Infante Died
1982
6.4
Used Cars
1980
7.0
Tivoli
1975
6.0
Posse
1975
7.5
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
5.6
Nest of Virgins
1972
6.2
Run, Cougar, Run
1972
5.5
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
5.8
El águila descalza
1971
6.4
Scandalous John
1971
7.1
El Topo
1970
6.3
Paradise
1970
5.8
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
6.0
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970NR
Glücksspirale
1970
5.8
Tres amigos
1970
7.6
The Wild Bunch
1969
7.9
El aviso inoportuno
1969
6.6
Operación carambola
1968
7.2
Pedro Paramo
1967
5.9
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
6.0
...And Your Love Too
19625.7
Los pistolocos
1960
6.0
Trip to the Moon
1958
6.7
Música en la noche
1958
6.7
New faces
1956
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951